| Title: | Associate Head Coach |
| Phone: | 717-948-6633 |
| Email: | rls392@psu.edu |
Ryan Sipe is set to begin his third year on the Penn State Harrisburg women’s soccer coaching staff in the fall of 2023.
Most recently, Sipe helped guide Penn State Harrisburg to its second straight United East Championship Game in 2022. As a group, the Lions were strong defensively, recording a program-record 13 shutouts for the second straight year and ranking 20th in the nation in shutout percentage (.650). Sydney Hemler was named to the United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Region 4 Second Team, while Kylee Altland and Sydney Mulka earned all-region third-team honors. Hemler was tabbed the United East Defensive Player of the Year and was named the inaugural United East Women's Soccer Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Altland, Hemler, and Mulka were named to the United East All-Conference First Team, while Kyla Brossoit, Abigail Frew, Amy Patkos, Sarah Toche-Manley, and Hannah Wheeler earned all-conference second-team recognition.
During his first year at Penn State Harrisburg, Sipe helped lead the Lions to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and second conference championship in program history. The Lions went undefeated in United East play (7-0-1) and secured the conference’s regular season conference title. The Blue & White hosted the 2021 United East Championship Tournament and defeated Penn State Berks to win the conference crown. Toche-Manley became the first player in program history to earn all-region recognition, as the midfielder was tabbed a United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Region Second-Team pick in 2021. Toche-Manley was also a United East All-Conference First-Team selection and was joined on the first team by Katie Brown, while teammates Altland, Hemler, Patkos, Delaney Shifflett, and Rhyan Socash earned second-team all-conference honors that fall. Thanks to Sipe's guidance, the Lions recorded a program-record 13 shutous on the year.
Sipe is a former professional player and NCAA Division II goalkeeper. Before joining the Penn State Harrisburg staff, he served as the men’s goalkeeper coach at Division I Saint Francis (Pa.). Prior to his time with the Red Flash, he was the goalkeeper coach for women at York (Pa.).
After wrapping up his playing career in 2019 and running a successful goalkeeper training program with former Major League Soccer (MLS) goalkeeper Nick Noble, Sipe became the owner and founder of Future 1 Goalkeeping Academy. His academy has trained and developed goalkeepers who have gone on to play in all three NCAA divisions and focuses on investing in the futures of the next generation of goalkeepers in Central Pennsylvania.
In addition to his playing and coaching experience, Sipe currently serves as the Goalkeeping Academy Director at Eagle F.C. in nearby Mechanicsburg. He also has six years of high school coaching experience and has coached several teams at the club level.